For most of her life, Amalia Gärtner considered herself a person who did not enjoy reading (at all). However, it is fascinating to her to think about the ways a text can be presented. Naturally, she is more drawn to chaotic and thrilling layouts. That’s why she decided to do some research on typography theory about chaos and order. Pretty fast, she found that if typography is too artsy, the actual content can't be delivered. Hence, she set the following goal for this project: It should be manageable to read but also have the compelling look of chaos. She experimented and tried to find a system, but nothing looked satisfying.

One day, she tried to layout some paragraphs with CSS Grid and accidentally did something that made it look good. And she thought to herself: Is this what chaos is? Something you don’t do intentionally? So she learned her lesson: You can’t control chaos. You need to embrace it. But chaos doesn’t appear out of nothing; you need to start it somehow.

Amalia used HTML, CSS, and Paged.js as my tools, and she wanted to demonstrate the capabilities they have to offer. The website also contains pictures that pop up through the hover effect. However, you can only look at one picture at a time. If you want to see all the pictures, it’s necessary to print out the website. This effect derives from the idea that it is easy to stay online while consuming content. On websites, you can use hyperlinks or different tabs to look up a picture if you need it. In contrast to that, a book is not flexible; it’s limited to itself as soon as it’s printed. In consequence, if one must choose between a website and a book, naturally, a website would be the more valuable option.